La Flûte lui tint lieu de Lyre chez Admète (The Flute took the place of the Lyre at the home of Admetus)

after Hubert François Bourguignon d'Anville, called Gravelot, painter, draughtsman, engraver, 1699-1773 (artist notes)
French (artist nationality)
engraver (artist role)
Gravelot, Hubert François Bourguignon d'Anville, 1699-1773 (original artist)
Recto: l. l.: Gravelot inv. ; l. r.: Cl. Duflos Sculp. ; bottom center: (in French) La Flûte lui tint lieu de Lyre chez Admète ; verso: l. l.: (in pencil) C575/200 (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Fine condition. Right edge trimmed into plate impression. (condition)
Source not known. (provenance)
Shawm? or Recorder?, Lyre (instrument)
18th century (century)
Works of art - - Single Players (miller category)

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.